Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 23, 2025

I actually relate to Hobbes when I ride roller coasters.

Calvin managed a Loop-the-Loop without a roller coaster.

Is that a cardinal or a parrot? Maybe a hybrid of both.

Dad would be proud of Calvin this once. After all, crashing into trees and nearly getting killed (as Sonny Bono was) “builds character”!

The snow board is still good for another round.

I like the way Watterson gives us Hobbes’ view.

Better find a new sled , that one’s totaled.

If Hobbes is a figment of Calvin’s imagination, how can we see this from his viewpoint?

Side-note to women- Unless you find this funny-but-factual, you will never understand the male mind.

Extreme sledding, it’s a thing!

If anyone really wants to ramp up their anxiety for a thrill, search on YouTube for “Kilian Bron” and/or “owlaps” and include “megavalanche” or “les 2 alpes”. It’s a complete 40+ minute ride of extreme mountain biking with a bodycam attached to the rider. You’ll never catch me doing something like that in my life.

It is my youngest nephew’s birthday today. My two nephews went off on a snowboarding holiday yesterday and I hope that they are enjoying themselves.

Bode Miller would be proud of you !

Only Bill can make us feel the experience of steering on the downhill without physically doing it. Great art work.

At 73, this is how I do the thrill rides at amusement parks any more… the ones I can go on without getting whiplash.

I hear he’s changing the name to Calvin and Hobbles.

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Was that one run or three? It looks like they crashed multiple times.

That’s what Sonny Bono said. Or would have. If they did not have to hose him off the tree.

The panel with him causing the cardinal to fly away angrily is priceless.

Glorious action and color. Great strip of Cal in action – as always in fear of his life while flying and finding a good reason to love it when he lands.

10 frame hill…….WOW!!!!!!

The branches are adept at jumping in the way.

Few strip achieve a ‘heart in throat’ experience.

Today’s strip should be applauded.

Watterson’s mastered the GoPro camera look before it was a thing.

Ok if I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, there is no way on God’s green earth that this kid would be afraid of a silly little bicycle, no way, not a chance, it would be the exact opposite he would embrace it, let me at that thing., LOOK OUT HERE COMES CALVIN, BONZAI!!! Of course this is just a comic….lol

Imagine having a strip this well drawn in a newspaper today. There are well-drawn strips in the papers today of course but nothing like this.

Reminds me of those simulator movie rides.

Reminds me of riding a roller coaster. I was never a fan of riding them, but my daughter loved them, sooooooo I went with her on these rides. I used to close my eyes on roller coasters, but found that if I did have my eyes open, I could see what turns and dips were coming up next. This allowed me to prepare for them by leaning the proper way to mitigate my body’s change of direction instead of getting tossed about randomly when my eyes were closed. I was amazed at how much easier it was to ride them by having my eyes open…but I’m still not a big fan of getting on such rides.

Great art

I used to think that stuff was fun. Now, at 70, I’m far more careful of my bones.

It’s too bad more cartoonists haven’t been as ambitious as Watterson. Or some started out that way but lost it.

Its a wonder that his parents keep letting him do this.

Those snow rides were so much fun.

I actually read this one in the newspaper when I was a kid, I remember it taking me a minute to realize he was flying through the air upside-down in one panel

Sitting here in sunny California, nothing better than a Sunday morning with Watterson’s brilliant art bringing a snowy thrill ride to life!

in NY we had sled parties when our hill was iced over. We had maybe 6-8 sleds and toboggans linked together- hands holding feet, and pine tree lining either side of the hill. what fun that was. Thank you Bill Waterson!

That happened to us once! Thanks for bringing back that memory!

Wow, a Calvin and Hobbes strip I do not ever remember reading…. Is it age-related memory loss or did I just ignore this one every time I came across it until today…?

So so good.

Ooh, eeh, ooh-ha-ha! Bing, bang, wallah-wallah bing-bang!

Savor each ride. Let it, and yourselves, live in legend with each retelling.

So imaginative from Hobbe’s perspective. Love the depiction of his closed eyes!

We used to sled down a tight foot path on a forested hill. Right at the end was a chain link fence – we needed to bail out before hitting it.

Good times.